stackyFACTSTrying to tax a population into being skinny is a bold strategy. Denmark applied heavy surcharges to foods high in saturated fats, which simply resulted in angry citizens driving across the border to buy their cheap bacon elsewhere until the mandate was humiliatingly repealed.
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